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Radio 6 Music,4 mins

Emily Eavis on staging a safe and secure Glastonbury Festival

Shaun Keaveny

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We're getting very close to Glastonbury Festival. The festival kicks off officially a week on Friday, although the gates open a week today! We've spoke a lot about this, and we will continue to do so! BBC Radio 6 Music's Matt Everitt went down to the farm last week to speak to organiser Emily Eavis - So here's part one of the interview, with Matt and Emily talking about the security aspect of staging the festival in the wake of the Manchester and London terrors attacks, but also how the site is looking the charity aspect of the event - always a hugely important part of Glasto, and The Variety Bazaar - the new event which Glasto organisers may or may not be staging at another site in the coming years.

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